{"product_id":"aesthetics-isbn-9780631205944","title":"Aesthetics","description":"Philosophers have considered questions raised by the nature of art, of beauty, and critical appreciation since ancient times, and the discipline of aesthetics has a long tradition that stretches from Plato to the present. List of Plates viii \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One: What is Art? 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: Experience and Appreciation: How Do We Encounter Art? 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three: Aesthetic Evaluation: Who Decides? 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Four: Can We Learn from Art? 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Five: Tragedy, Sublimity, Horror: Why Do We Enjoy Painful Experiences in Art? 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Six: Where is the Artist in the Work of Art? 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"An anthology that paired the strongest evidence in favor of the tradition with the strongest evidence against it would have obvious appeal for many teachers of aesthetics, especially those of us who remain genuinely ambivalent about the tradition. That anthology does not yet exist, at least to my knowledge. In the meantime, the next best thing may be to pair this provocative collection with one of its more traditional competitors.\" \u003ci\u003eJames Shelley, American Society for Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Carolyn Korsmeyer has produced a very useful anthology which will undoubtedly become a well used textbook for students of aesthetics and a valuable source of otherwise less readily available texts...the volume is radical in enriching the discipline and Korsmeyer has made the presence of women scholars and feminist theory in philosophy felt in fundamental ways.\" \u003ci\u003eMelanie Selfe, Women's Philosophy Review, Special Issue no. 25, 2000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Korsmeyer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. She is the editor (with Peggy Zeglin Brand) of \u003ci\u003eFeminism and Tradition in Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and (with Hilde Hein) \u003ci\u003eAesthetics in Feminist Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and the author (with Dubois, Kelly, Kennedy, and Robinson) of \u003ci\u003eFeminist Scholarship: Kindling in the Groves of Academe\u003c\/i\u003e (1985).  Philosophers have considered questions raised by the nature of art, of beauty, and critical appreciation since ancient times, and the discipline of aesthetics has a long tradition that stretches from Plato to the present. Aesthetics has also been the subject of a number of theoretical challenges that investigate the conceptual frameworks customarily assumed by theories of art.  \u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays assembles classic and contemporary texts to present both the tradition of aesthetic theory and the kinds of questions and challenges that it confronts today, both from other cultural traditions and from theoretical movements such as feminism and postmodernism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988701626597,"sku":"NP9780631205944","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631205944.jpg?v=1761781248","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/aesthetics-isbn-9780631205944","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}